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WWI Victoria Cross of 'Pirate of Basra' Sells for £200,000
Lieutenant-Commander Charles Henry Cowley's Victoria Cross, awarded posthumously for his bravery as a British secret agent and river pilot during WWI, sold for £200,000 at auction; he was executed by the Turks in 1916 after a mission to resupply Kut.
WWI Victoria Cross of 'Pirate of Basra' Sells for £200,000
Lieutenant-Commander Charles Henry Cowley's Victoria Cross, awarded posthumously for his bravery as a British secret agent and river pilot during WWI, sold for £200,000 at auction; he was executed by the Turks in 1916 after a mission to resupply Kut.
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